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Chapter 14: Infection Prevention and Control; Key Terms Flashcards

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Airborne Precautions

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Safeguards designed to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious agents through the air a person breathes

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Antibody

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Immunoglobulins, essential to the immune system, that are produced by lymphoid tissue in response to bacteria, viruses, or other antigens

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Antigen

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Substance, usually a protein, that causes the formation of an antibody and reacts specifically with that antibody

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Asepsis

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Absence of germs or microorganisms

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Aseptic Technique

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Any health care procedure in which added precautions are used to prevent contamination of a person, object, or area by microorganisms

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Asymptomatic

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Clinical signs and symptoms are not present

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Carriers

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Person or animals who harbor and spread an organism that causes disease in others but do not become ill

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Colonization

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The presence and multiplication of microorganisms without tissue invasion or damage

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Communicable Disease

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Any disease that can be transmitted from one person or animal to another by direct or indirect contact or by vectors

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Contact Precautions

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Safeguards designed to reduce the risk of transmission of epidemiologically important microorganisms by direct or indirect contact

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Disinfection

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Process of destroying all pathogenic organisms, except spores

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Droplet Precautions

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Safeguards designed to reduce the risk of droplet transmission of infectious agents

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Endogenous Infection

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Infections produced within a cell or organism

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Exogenous Infection

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Infection originating outside an organ or part

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Flora

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Microorganisms that live on or within a body to compete with disease-producing microorganisms and provide a natural immunity against certain infections

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Health Care-Acquired Infection (HAI)

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An infection that was not present or incubating at the time of admission to a health care setting

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Immunity

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The quality of being insusceptible to or unaffected by a particular disease or condition

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Infection

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The invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms that reproduce and multiply

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Inflammation

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Protective response of body tissues to irritation or injury

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Inflammatory Response

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Protective reaction that neutralizes pathogens and repairs body cells

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Medical Asepsis

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Clean techniques that includes procedures to reduce the number and prevent the spread of microorganisms

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Microorganisms

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Microscopic entities, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi, capable of carrying on living processes

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Necrotic

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Of or pertaining to the death of tissue in response to disease or injury

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Pathogenicity

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Ability of a pathogenic agent to produce a disease

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Pathogens

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Microorganisms capable of producing disease

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Reservoir

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A place where microorganisms survive, multiply, and await transfer to a susceptible host

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Standard Precautions

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Guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to reduce the risk of transmission of blood-borne and other pathogens in hospitals

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Sterilization

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Technique for destroying microorganisms using heat, water, chemicals, or gases

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Suprainfection

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Secondary infection usually caused by an opportunistic pathogen

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Surgical Asepsis

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Procedures used to eliminate any microorganisms from an area. Also called sterile technique

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Symptomatic

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Pathogens multiply and cause clinical signs and symptoms

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Transmission-Based Precautions

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Patients with communicable diseases and infections that are easily transmissible to others require special precautions

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Virulence

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The ability of an organism to rapidly produce disease

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Airborne Precautions

A

Safeguards designed to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious agents through the air a person breathes

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Antibody

A

Immunoglobulins, essential to the immune system, that are produced by lymphoid tissue in response to bacteria, viruses, or other antigens

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Antigen

A

Substance, usually a protein, that causes the formation of an antibody and reacts specifically with that antibody

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Asepsis

A

Absence of germs or microorganisms

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Aseptic Technique

A

Any health care procedure in which added precautions are used to prevent contamination of a person, object, or area by microorganisms

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Asymptomatic

A

Clinical signs and symptoms are not present

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Carriers

A

Person or animals who harbor and spread an organism that causes disease in others but do not become ill

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Colonization

A

The presence and multiplication of microorganisms without tissue invasion or damage

42
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Communicable Disease

A

Any disease that can be transmitted from one person or animal to another by direct or indirect contact or by vectors

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Contact Precautions

A

Safeguards designed to reduce the risk of transmission of epidemiologically important microorganisms by direct or indirect contact

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Disinfection

A

Process of destroying all pathogenic organisms, except spores

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Droplet Precautions

A

Safeguards designed to reduce the risk of droplet transmission of infectious agents

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Endogenous Infection

A

Infections produced within a cell or organism

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Exogenous Infection

A

Infection originating outside an organ or part

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Flora

A

Microorganisms that live on or within a body to compete with disease-producing microorganisms and provide a natural immunity against certain infections

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Health Care-Acquired Infection (HAI)

A

An infection that was not present or incubating at the time of admission to a health care setting

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Immunity

A

The quality of being insusceptible to or unaffected by a particular disease or condition

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Infection

A

The invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms that reproduce and multiply

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Q

Inflammation

A

Protective response of body tissues to irritation or injury

53
Q

Inflammatory Response

A

Protective reaction that neutralizes pathogens and repairs body cells

54
Q

Medical Asepsis

A

Clean techniques that includes procedures to reduce the number and prevent the spread of microorganisms

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Q

Microorganisms

A

Microscopic entities, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi, capable of carrying on living processes

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Necrotic

A

Of or pertaining to the death of tissue in response to disease or injury

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Pathogenicity

A

Ability of a pathogenic agent to produce a disease

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Pathogens

A

Microorganisms capable of producing disease

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Reservoir

A

A place where microorganisms survive, multiply, and await transfer to a susceptible host

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Standard Precautions

A

Guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to reduce the risk of transmission of blood-borne and other pathogens in hospitals

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Q

Sterilization

A

Technique for destroying microorganisms using heat, water, chemicals, or gases

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Suprainfection

A

Secondary infection usually caused by an opportunistic pathogen

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Surgical Asepsis

A

Procedures used to eliminate any microorganisms from an area. Also called sterile technique

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Symptomatic

A

Pathogens multiply and cause clinical signs and symptoms

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Transmission-Based Precautions

A

Patients with communicable diseases and infections that are easily transmissible to others require special precautions

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Virulence

A

The ability of an organism to rapidly produce disease

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